Why we don't spend enough on public health

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1657-1658

  Hemenway, David ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 77951811472     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1001784     Document Type: Short Survey

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